Ceramic Stove door glass for Batch Box

Just thought I'd post this link for the Ceramic Door glass I bought to use with my Batch Box build I'll be doing soon. It's only $99 and 11x17 and comes with a gasket. This was the best value I could find as most similar ones were going for 2 or 3 times the price. The quality seems pretty good and I'll post and update whenever I get around to building my Batch Box. For the amount of money saved in wood each year, I think $100 is a small price to pay for the huge aesthic upgrade on a stove you'll be using for many years.

Earth Stove Door Glass Kit (BV400, BV400-2, BV400c, BV450c, BV500c, 1800HT, 2800HT, 1900HT-M) https://a.co/d/5YEeYFj

Hi Nate;
Do you have an earth stove door to use this in? Or are you building a door to fit it?

thomas rubino wrote:Hi Nate;
Do you have an earth stove door to use this in? Or are you building a door to fit it?

I'm going to weld up a steel framed door to put it in.

Will be nice to see it when its done Nate.

Electric oven doors are often good quality ceramic glass, the big range ones can offer a large piece of glass for free.
However not all ovens have ceramic glass!
Of course even the good ones can be badly marked and dirty and be aware it is  normally also only the inner glass of double glazed doors that will be high temp ceramic glass.

Ceramic glass is easy to cut with a decent hand held wheel glass cutter, a quick wipe with turpentine, a decent straight edge  and ‘one’ firm draw and the glass will snap very cleanly.

Making the door is anther matter!

Ceramic glass does not flex very well if at all, so any warping of a metal door will crack the glass unless you allow for movement.
Luckily most rocket stove, fire box doors, wont get that hot but never the less mounting the glass too rigidly will crack the glass, that is why most wood fired oven doors are made from cast iron.

Fox James wrote:Electric oven doors are often good quality ceramic glass, the big range ones can offer a large piece of glass for free.
However not all ovens have ceramic glass!
Of course even the good ones can be badly marked and dirty and be aware it is  normally also only the inner glass of double glazed doors that will be high temp ceramic glass.

Ceramic glass is easy to cut with a decent hand held wheel glass cutter, a quick wipe with turpentine, a decent straight edge  and ‘one’ firm draw and the glass will snap very cleanly.

Making the door is anther matter!

Ceramic glass does not flex very well if at all, so any warping of a metal door will crack the glass unless you allow for movement.
Luckily most rocket stove, fire box doors, wont get that hot but never the less mounting the glass too rigidly will crack the glass, that is why most wood fired oven doors are made from cast iron.

Great info thanks!